Analog Africa is a great label. I have been slowly working my way through their collection and the amount of disco, funk, and rock music they exposed me to is amazing. The music is very refreshing. It just ever so slightly odd and different while also being very positive and rhythmic.
My favourite albums of their collection right now are Space Echo, Amara Toure, and also Bambara Mystic Soul.
I think partially because of Spotify's and Youtube's recommender systems this type of music has picked up popularity lately.
There are also several DJs such as Palms Trax and Hunee who have recently started mixing in African Disco into their tracks. I do not complain about this trend.
Sahel Sounds has a really interesting anthology called "Music from African Cellphones", which is mostly very obscure local bands recorded live on cell phones, and shared around that way. I dig how drum machines are influencing the beats - it's a whole new sound.
And of course, there are lots of anthologies of older music from the 1960s and 1970s, all of Fela Kuti's output, etc...
My favourite albums of their collection right now are Space Echo, Amara Toure, and also Bambara Mystic Soul.
I think partially because of Spotify's and Youtube's recommender systems this type of music has picked up popularity lately. There are also several DJs such as Palms Trax and Hunee who have recently started mixing in African Disco into their tracks. I do not complain about this trend.